Former Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says recent comments from Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar are “offensive and arrogant”.
He also believes that public reaction to these comments shows that he was held to a higher standard.
Dr Rowley expressed these sentiments in a social media post today.
See the full statement:
“If I had said anything nearly as offensive and arrogant as as what Kamla recently said, everyone in this country would would have known not to accept that from the Prime Minister. I am proud of that fact. It confirms to me that I was held to a higher standard and I am satisfied that I met those standards! These arguments to justify their dangerous legislation to be promulgated in this uneasy multi racial, multi ethnic society is not an appropriate crime fighting tool. To stigmatize communities and removal of the entrenched rights of the law abiding at the behest of Officers without Parliamentary oversight is not what one expects from a Government that is prepared to do its job of going at the lawbreakers without trampling on those who are law abiding. Given the divisive politics and the suspicious nature of so many it may very well turn out that the justification of “ fighting crime “ might not be enough to manage the fallout when the law is applied . The unsupervised authority will breed abuse and resentment and all that flows.”
